Drumchapel
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Drumchapel (known to locals and residents as 'The Drum') is part of the city of Glasgow, having been annexed from Dunbartonshire in 1938. It borders Bearsden to the east (in East Dunbartonshire) and Clydebank to the west (in West Dunbartonshire). The area is bordered by Knightswood and Yoker in Glasgow.
As part of the overspill policy of Glasgow Corporation, a huge housing estate was built here in the 1950s - it is this estate that is now most associated with Drumchapel, despite there being an area known as Old Drumchapel made up of affluent villas to the south of modern Drumchapel.
The area has well-known social problems, notably anti-social behaviour and degeneration of often poorly constructed post-war housing. However, it remains popular with many of its residents and more recently there has been substantial private investment in the area, leading to the construction of new housing developments in the North West of the district. The area, along with Easterhouse, Castlemilk and Greater Pollok are collectively know as 'Big Four' post-war social housing schemes. All are similar in terms of architecture and planning, and tend to suffer from a similar range of social problems.
The name 'Drumchapel' is from Gaelic: drum means ridge and chapel is from the Gaelic chopuill meaning horse. Hence Drumchapel literally means 'the ridge of the horse'.
Drumchapel was part of the parish of Kilpatrick, administered by Paisley Abbey. This was preceded by two ancient estates: Garscadden (now an area of Glasgow) and Drumry (an area in West Dunbartonshire which is often associated with Clydebank).
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